Winter 2011 Archive

Letter from the Publisher My daughter is 5 years old. I often glance at her and wonder about her future. I wonder what she will become, whom she will love and what her world wi...	Letter from the Editor PHOTO BY ©Sarah Warda, Sarahwarda.Com Like Snow Suppose we did our work like the snow, quietly, quietly, leaving nothing out. —Wendell Berry I love the poetry of Wendell Berry. His voice rings clear and tr...	Edible Events edible Columbus Winter Cooking Series For details and registration, please visit ediblecolumbus.com DECEMBER 12 Tabletop Style Tips, Hand-Crafted Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres 6–7:30pm Do you ever wonder how to mix your grandma’s china and your heirloom pi...
Notable Edibles Photo Courtesy Of Basi Italia By Karen Lynch Christmas Trees at Basi Italia In 2007, Trish Gentile and John Dornback, wife-and- husband team and owners of the beloved Basi Italia, got the be...	Local and In Season Photo By © Catherine Murray, Photokitchen.Net Winter Seasonal Availability Vegetables Onions, Parsnips, Potatoes, Winter Squash, Turnips, Cabbage, Carrots Meat & Dairy Cheese, Milk, Meats Other Products Maple Syrup, Honey, Local staple crops, such as Shagbark’s Black Tu...	From the Kitchen By Tricia Wheeler \| Photography by Catherine Murray I have always believed that happiness comes from small everyday pleasures. It is the little things that give meaning to our lives as ...
Worth the Trip Dinner at the Rue Dumaine Dayton, Ohio The old grind, the wild blue yonder and everything in between By Carole Amber \| Photography by Troy Amber With the weather cooling and daylight shrinking, it’s th...	Young Palates Above: Madeline and Gigi Fruits of the Family Tree Cinnamon rolls remain a favorite generation after generation By Madeline Scherer \| Photography by Catherine Murray Wintertime makes me smile because we do a lot of...	Edible Traditions Castle in the Clouds Founder’s vision leaves legacy of love in Cedar Falls By Nancy McKibben Anne Castle single-mindedly pursued her dream of an inn in the Hocking Hills, but her real legacy ...
A Taste of Home Injera: Ethiopian Bread in a Columbus Bakery By Tamara Mann Tweel and Charmaine Sutton Photography by Jessica Opremcak Eating in Ethiopia is a full-body experience. Past explorers, enamored with the country’s dramatic landscapes, an...	Where the Buffalo Roam At Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park and on 20 Ohio ranches, the mighty buffalo stages a comeback By Nancy McKibben “Yet he saw that sweep of buffalo with a marvelous distinctness, with ...	The Beautiful, the Local and the Slow Slow Money founder, Woody Tasch Photo By Carole Topalian Woody Tasch on Slow Money, soil and poetry by Marta Madigan Where do your investment dollars go? Woody Tasch, founder and president of Slow Money, envi...
A Home Cook’s Diary Photo By Carole Topalian Warm Fuzzies The wild, wonderful world of local fiber By Molly Hays Here’s an odd thing: I rarely eat a tomato without thinking about who grew it, and wh...	Life Is Sweet And with Jan Kish, it’s savory too By Joannie Colner D’Andrea \| Photography by Jessica Opremcak Ask Jan Kish how she became one of the premiere sugar artists and she will tell ...	Dairy Revolutionary Snowville Creamery has a modest goal: save the world By Eric LeMay \| Photography by Sarah Warda Pouring milk from Snowville Creamery feels blissful. When you pick up the carton, you’re greeted by...
Inside Our Local Food Stories The Highest Expression of Love AJ Perry of Sassafras Bakery By Genevieve Rainer \| Photography by Catherine Murray If you’ve been to the Olde Worthington Farmers Market on any Saturday during the past ...	In the Garden A Winter Harvest Greens grow even when it snows by extending the season Story and Photography by Kit Yoon Despite the frigid temperatures and scarce daylight, several Central Ohio small farmers find it po...	Behind the Bottle Winter Wines Chris Dillman shares some of his philosophy on wine and winter’s best picks By Megan Shroy Without question Chris Dillman is the opposite of a wine snob. Yet, he has passed the ...
Our Advertisers Edible ADVERTISERS Please look for a free copy of Edible Columbus each season at the businesses marked with a star. You can also subscribe to the magazine at ediblecolumbus.com. Angry Baker* 614-947-0976 theangrybakerote.com Backroom Coffee ...	Last Seed Clustering Around the Cows: Why food hubs in Ohio may be one way forward By Ken Meter When I first met Warren Taylor of Snowville Creamery, he was scooping freshly made pawpaw ice ...	Black Bean Soup Recipe by Tricia Wheeler This is a hearty, delicious and economical soup for the winter season. It is made even better if you can buy local black beans by Shagbark (see ou...
Sweet & Spicy Pumpkin Seed Brittle Adapted from a recipe by Alton Brown Ingredients 1 cup hulled green pumpkin seeds 1 teaspoon vegetable oil, plus additional oil for coating spatula 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 cups sugar 1 1/2 cu...	Goat Cheese in Olive Oil with Mixed Spic Ingredients Shallow jar with tight-fitting lid Fresh goat cheese Good-quality olive oil Peppercorns Dried hot pepper Bay leaf Garlic clove Fresh rosemary Procedure 1 Slice goat cheese into rounds, or shape into balls. Place in bottom of jar; add herbs an...	Homemade Vanilla Extract Ingredients Pretty bottle with a tight-fitting lid or cork 1–3 fresh vanilla beans Vodka (preferably OYO Honey Bean Vanilla Vodka, middlewestspirits.com) Procedure 1 Keeping the vanilla bean intact, make two slices to open up the bean. Pl...
Cheese Sablés Ingredients 2 sticks cold butter, diced 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese 2 tablespoons fresh grated Parmesan cheese 1 1/2 cups flour 2 egg yolks 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon dried mustard powder 1 teaspoon salt Paprika Prodedure 1 Preheat ov...	Gigi’s Cinnamon Rolls 1 If you are a baker of bread, take a portion of your bread and add two to three tablespoons sugar to sweeten it. If you aren’t, my Gigi says to...	Wild Rice-Stuffed Cornish Game Hens with Recipe courtesy of Chef Anthony Schulz Wild Rice 1/2 cup wild rice 1 1/2 cup water 1 tsp kosher salt 1/2 small onion, diced 1 tablespoon butter Vegetables 2 carrots 2 turnips 8 button mushrooms Hens Vegetable oil Kosher salt Pepper 4 Cornish game hens Sauce 4 ga...
Traditional Ethiopian Berbere Berbere Ingredients 1 teaspoon ground fenugreek seeds 1/4 cup ground cayenne 1/4 cup red pepper flakes 1/4 cup paprika 1 tablespoons salt 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon ground ...	Overnight Marinated Braised Short Ribs By Tricia Wheeler You can use either beef or bison short ribs. Serve the short ribs with thick noodles, garlic mashed potatoes or polenta. Serves 4–6 Ingredients 5 pounds short ribs 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 3 ...	Ice Cream Snowballs Recipe courtesy of Jan Kish If you love snow as much as I do, a snowball ice cream dessert is the “cat’s pajamas”! Every Christmas I was in heaven when it ...
AJ’s Elderberry Hand Pies “Pies are ALWAYS served at our large extended-family dinners—though the flavors change with the seasons, the one constant is always elderberry pie. Harvested in August, elderberries freeze beautifully to last ...
Letter from the Publisher Letter from the Editor Edible Events Notable Edibles Local and In Season From the Kitchen Worth the Trip Young Palates Edible Traditions A Taste of Home Where the Buffalo Roam The Beautiful, the Local and the Slow A Home Cook’s Diary Life Is Sweet Dairy Revolutionary Inside Our Local Food Stories In the Garden Behind the Bottle Our Advertisers Last Seed Black Bean Soup Sweet & Spicy Pumpkin Seed Brittle Goat Cheese in Olive Oil with Mixed Spices & Herbs Homemade Vanilla Extract Cheese Sablés Gigi’s Cinnamon Rolls Wild Rice-Stuffed Cornish Game Hens with Carrots, Turnips and Mushrooms Traditional Ethiopian Berbere Overnight Marinated Braised Short Ribs Ice Cream Snowballs AJ’s Elderberry Hand Pies